Stella Wernicke

@stellawernicke.bsky.social

Working memory, vision, aging, science communication | Computational cognitive neuroscience @ University of Cambridge | Editor-in-Chief @in-mindmagazine.bsky.social (she/her)

๐Ÿค– ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ #๐Ÿฎ: ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿค– Is the human brain prepared for human-AI interaction? Magnus Liebherr and Eva GรถรŸwein explore how our cognitive abilities shape the way we interact with, evaluate, and benefit from AI.

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๐Ÿค– ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ #๐Ÿญ: ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ ๐Ÿค– When AI determines medical treatments or prison sentences, human oversight sounds reassuring. But does it add something meaningful or does it merely make us more willing to trust AI? Markus Langer, Kevin Baum, and Johanna Laux investigate.

๐Ÿค– ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ ๐Ÿค– AI is transforming how we think, work, and communicate. Our new special issue with nine articles from researchers across Europe and the US explores the psychological consequences of this rapid technological change

๐™’๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช! ๐Ÿ™Œ Register here as a volunteer reviewer: baserow.io/form/1swiPiT... Click here for more information: www.in-mind.org/blog/post/ca...

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We are seeking active researchers at all career stages with a passion for communicating psychological science who would like to volunteer as reviewers for our magazine. Our magazine publishes short,โ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšจ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿšจ Are you passionate about making psychological research accessible to the public? In-Mind is looking for volunteer reviewers to help ensure that our content is engaging and scientifically rigorous. ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ’ฌ Ever wondered how to turn your research into something anyone can read and enjoy? @maikermth.bsky.social and @stellawernicke.bsky.social have compiled our How to In-Mind series into one practical guide, and it's now live! ๐Ÿงฉ

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I am happy to share that our preprint โ€œ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ: ๐—” ๐—ง๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ตโ€ is now out. Huge thanks to @bayslab.org, Julie de Falco, Zahara, @cjungerius.bsky.social, @ivntmc.bsky.social, Adam, and Xiaolu for the lovely collaboration. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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๐Ÿ‘‰ See the ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ (max. 400 words): in-mind.org/blog/post/re... ๐Ÿ‘‰ The ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ: baserow.io/form/QrE9FDc... ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ can be sent to special-issue@in-mind.org.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿšจ While awareness has reduced mental health stigma, misinformation is spreading fast. To counter this, we are launching a special issue in clinical psychology: โ€œReality Check: What Clinical Science Really Tells Us About Promoting Mental Healthโ€.

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—” ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ! ๐ŸŽ‰ As 2025 comes to a close, we are celebrating a year of growth, engagement, and fascinating insights in psychology. Here are a few highlights from the past year at In-Mind ๐Ÿ‘‡

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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ #๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ: ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ : โœ… Explain necessary technical terms โœ… Make sure images fit content & tone โœ… Align title, text & highlights โœ… Mark opinions clearly โœ… Use key references only โœ… Test-read with a non-expert

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๐ŸŽ„ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐ŸŽ„ Do you know the feeling of Christmas approaching faster each year? If so, youโ€™re not alone. In this new blog post, Martina Grunenberg explores why the weeks before the holidays often seem to fly by.

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๐Ÿ”” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ: ๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ”” How can computers help us understand language learning? ๐Ÿค– From readability scores to ChatGPT, language models show how word prediction shapes reading and cognition and @boevesam.bsky.social explains how this reshapes psycholinguistics.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ #๐Ÿต: ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐ŸŒ Keep international readers in mind โœ… Avoid country-specific defaults (laws, school systems, holidays) โœ… Use examples most people can relate to โœ… Note limits when research is based on specific cultures or demographics

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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ #๐Ÿด: ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ & ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ? ๐Ÿ” Give key takeaways, note who they apply to, and give advice only when evidence supports it. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ? ๐Ÿšง State limits, avoid exaggeration, note alternatives and context.

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๐Ÿ”” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ”” How can we raise emotionally intelligent children? ๐Ÿ’Ÿ In their blog post, Katharina Demke, Mara Hรผttner and Dr. Avelina Lovis Schmidt argue why caregivers are key in childrenโ€™s emotion regulation, and provide advice.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ #๐Ÿณ: ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ฌ โœ… Highlight patterns across studies instead of single results โœ… Explain the meaning, don't list statistical numbers โœ… Provide context to clarify findings โœ… Use cautious language and note limitations

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๐Ÿ”” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† = ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€?๐Ÿ”” Are we ready to face todayโ€™s big challenges if we stay within one discipline? ๐Ÿง  In their blog post, Sabrina Krys and Mirjam BraรŸler explore why interdisciplinarity is essential and what conditions help it thrive.

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๐Ÿง  ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿง  Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome our newest social media team members, Carolina Bremer, Clara Strathmann, Emmylou Sophie Schรคdler and Firuze E. MullaoฤŸlu! ๐ŸŽ‰

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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป-๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ #๐Ÿฒ: ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ฌ โœ… Use relatable examples, real or fictive. โœ… Stick to one or a few examples to frame your article. โœ… Use metaphors sparingly and note limitations. ๐Ÿ’ก E.g., โ€œstress is like a pressure cookerโ€ works better than โ€œthe brain is a computer.โ€

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